Bluegrass band news

This past weekend saw the awarding of the prizes for European bluegrass bands at the European World of Bluegrass festival, and we are delighted to see that G2, a young Swedish band we recommended to you all last fall, came

Sammy Shelor has just posted some live video clips on the Lonesome River Band web site, shot this past March at the Moncton High School in Moncton, NB. The video was shot by an audience member with a handheld camera,

Mountain Heart is set to start work next week on their next CD - a live recording to be tracked at a number of shows over the next few weeks. Mandolinist Adam Steffey told us this morning that they had long

We just heard from Greg Cahill, founder and fearless leader of Special Consensus. Greg tells us that Ashby Frank has been hired as mandolinist and vocalist with the band, taking the spot to be vacated when Ron Spears departs to join

Jeff Weaver of The Rarely Herd will surely be among the millions of TV viewers glued to their sets tomorrow night when American Idol is broadcast on Fox. Arizona, a song he wrote and which The Herd recorded in 1992

Not long ago I discovered a band that caught my attention. Rabbi John is a New Timey (their term) band from the UK. The quartet describe themselves as a fusion of bluegrass, folk, and old time music all tied together

IIIrd Tyme Out has just announced that mandolin player Wayne Benson will be returning to the band later this month. Wayne was in the band from 1992 to 2004. After leaving the band in 2004, Benson joined The John Cowan

Rural Rhythm Records has posted two music video performances and a video bio from Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, featuring special guest Jim VanCleve on fiddle. The videos (also available on YouTube) are for two tracks from her self-titled debut CD,

There is a new video from The Infamous Stringdusters up on YouTube. It was shot by Craig Havighurst while the band was touring in Colorado in April, and shows them doing an in-studio performance of Can't Get You Out Of My

Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist Gary Ferguson and resonator guitarist David Miner are set to tour in Ireland from July 13-29, 2007. The tour will include concerts as well as workshops on Dobro and songwriting. You can find dates, info and links to their